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Amazon.com is named from the River Amazon, but it is not clear why.
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The River Amazon was so named because its discoverers were allegedly attacked by fierce female warriors like the mythological Amazons.
The derivation the original word is uncertain. It may be derived from the Iranian *ha-mazan-; or from a Greek root meaning "manless, without husbands."
It has also been given a popular etymology as from a-mazos, "without breast", connected with a tradition that Amazons had their right breast removed, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction - although there is no indication of such a practice in works of art, in which the Amazons are always represented with both breasts.
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